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Lawsuit: Amusement park visitor injured when riding "Serpentine Slide"
PITTSBURGH – A visitor to a Ligonier amusement park last year claims that she was severely injured when riding a waterslide amusement attraction known as the “Serpentine Slide.”
Pa. Superior Court mulling whether or not to retain notice of litigation in long-running partnership property dispute
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania is considering whether or not to affirm a Bucks County trial court’s decision to deny a motion to strike lis pendens, in a dispute where a business’s former counsel and longtime partner made such a filing on property owned by that same business.
Settlement talks upcoming for family allegedly terrorized and wrongfully prosecuted by Pittsburgh P.D.
PITTSBURGH – Settlement talks are upcoming in the case of a local family who filed suit against the City of Pittsburgh and a dozen or more Pittsburgh police officers, stemming from an incident more than three years ago where the plaintiffs say police followed them home, burst into their home without a warrant and physically assaulted them.
N.J. federal judge rejects Cosby's attempt to dismiss sexual assault suit
CAMDEN, N.J. – Counsel for comedian Bill Cosby recently lost an attempt at dismissing a lawsuit connected to Cosby’s alleged sexual assault of an up-and-coming actress in 1990.
Westmoreland County woman says light bulb fell from music venue's ceiling and hit her
PITTSBURGH – A Westmoreland County woman alleges she was injured at a music concert, when a long, fluorescent light bulb fell from the ceiling of the concert venue and landed on top of her head.
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Woman dropped from ambulance service's stretcher says she suffered head, wrist injuries
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman claims she suffered head, wrist and other injuries when she fell off a stretcher being operated by a local ambulance service.
Suit: Cylinder cask slips off skid and crushes plaintiff's hand, leading him to lose two fingers
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man claims he lost two fingers on his left hand two years ago, when a heavy-duty cylindrical cask he was helping to load onto a cask slipped from a skid and crushed his hand, and has now filed suit for compensatory damages.
Philadelphia says man allegedly shot during mental health episode hasn't pled municipal liability
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia contends that a local man who claimed he was the victim of excessive force from a member of the Philadelphia Police Department two years ago, when an officer shot him three times during his suffering of a mental health episode, has not properly pled a municipal liability claim against the City and the officer involved.
Altoona automotive firm says it's not at fault for crash, which severely burned Homer City woman
PITTSBURGH – An Altoona automotive company has refused responsibility for causing a motor vehicle crash two years ago that a Western Pennsylvania woman says caused her to suffer third-degree burns over 70% of her body in a catastrophic motor vehicle accident two years ago.
Econo Lodge says it's not liable for Delco plaintiff's bed bug injuries
MEDIA – A Delaware County-based Econo Lodge Hotel has denied liability for alleged bed bug-related injuries that a Philadelphia man says he suffered during a stay at the hotel more than two years ago.
Dementia patient maintains she was sexually assaulted by fellow resident
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman and her counsel maintain she was the victim of two separate incidents of sexual molestation by a fellow resident of a nursing facility she was admitted to in 2021, for treatment of advanced dementia.
Judge denies summary judgment to Pittsburgh cops, who allegedly made unlawful arrest of Trump detractor
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied the efforts of two Pittsburgh police officers to obtain summary judgment, in a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged she was unlawfully arrested because she didn’t support former President Donald Trump.
Pa. Superior Court affirms dismissal of Montco plaintiff's med-mal suit against spinal physician
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a Montgomery County trial court which dismissed a patient’s claims of negligence and medical malpractice against her physician, after a work injury led to her undergoing a spinal fusion procedure.
Class action lawsuit: Camera manufacturer's policy violated Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County woman alleges that a Maryland camera manufacturer is in violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act by excluding third-parties from repairs making repairs on the device, with such a move not being covered by the product’s warranty terms.
Dismissal denied to The Gap, in case lodged by Black women wrongfully arrested for shoplifting
HARRISBURG – The Gap has lost an attempt to dismiss consolidated litigation alleging several Derry Township police officers committed wrongful arrest and process by profiling and taking into custody Black women shopping at the store for supposed theft, before later releasing them when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime.
Suit: Charter school didn't prevent sexual assault of kindergartener by classmate
PHILADELPHIA – The parent of a kindergartener who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a classmate on more than one occasion, has charged the charter school where the assaults took place with not preventing them from happening.
Judge overrules objections in suit from man injured during real estate open house
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County judge has overruled preliminary objections in litigation filed by a man who sustained a series of injuries following a fall which took place during a real estate open house, and who then brought suit against individuals and entities he feels are both negligent and responsible for his injuries.
Delaware County health care outlets deny responsibility for death of man with heart condition
MEDIA – Several Delaware County health care entities have answered a Georgia woman’s lawsuit, brought after the hospital and its personnel were said to have failed to diagnose and monitor her late husband’s medical condition, which led to him passing away from cardiac arrest soon after his discharge.
Lancaster woman who says she received hand injuries from manicure drops demand for attorney's fees
LANCASTER – A request for attorney’s fees has been removed from litigation filed by a local woman who went into a Lancaster nail salon for a manicure last year, and instead allegedly received serious injuries to her right hand due to the salon’s negligence.
Transit union and Allegheny County Port Authority settle suit over wearing 'Black Lives Matter' masks at work
PITTSBURGH – A transit workers union has settled its litigation with the Port Authority of Allegheny County over a now-overturned ban on its employees wearing face masks emblazoned with “Black Lives Matter” at work, after both the trial court and a federal appellate court ordered the ban ended through injunction.